1. Like body rhythms and hypnosis, psychoactive drugs can alter our perceptions, mood, and behavior.
2. Dependance: state of physiological, psychological, or both types of need to take more of a drug after continued use.
3. Withdrawal: discomfort and distress that follow when a person who is dependent on a drug discontinues the use of that drug.
4. Tolerance: reduced responsiveness to a drug, prompting the use to take larger doses to achieve the same pleasurable effects previously obtained by lower doses.
5. The three major categories of psychoactive drugs are:
a. Depressants
b. Stimulants
c. Hallucinogens (and Marijuana)
6. Depressants are drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.
7. Alcohol is the second most used psychoactive drug in the world.
8. Twelve ounces of beer is the equivalent 4 ounces of wine, or 1 ounce of whiskey.
9. Men typically have 50% more of an enzyme responsible for “breaking down”
(metabolizing) alcohol.
10. Alcohol intoxication dramatically increases the probability that we will act out the inappropriate or dangerous urges we keep in check while sober
Mod 26.1 - 10 Points to Remember
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1. Like body rhythms and hypnosis, psychoactive drugs can alter our perceptions, mood, and behavior.
2. Dependance: state of physiological, psychological, or both types of need to take more of a drug after continued use.
3. Withdrawal: discomfort and distress that follow when a person who is dependent on a drug discontinues the use of that drug.
4. Tolerance: reduced responsiveness to a drug, prompting the use to take larger doses to achieve the same pleasurable effects previously obtained by lower doses.
5. The three major categories of psychoactive drugs are:
a. Depressants
b. Stimulants
c. Hallucinogens (and Marijuana)
6. Depressants are drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.
7. Alcohol is the second most used psychoactive drug in the world.
8. Twelve ounces of beer is the equivalent 4 ounces of wine, or 1 ounce of whiskey.
9. Men typically have 50% more of an enzyme responsible for “breaking down”
(metabolizing) alcohol.
10. Alcohol intoxication dramatically increases the probability that we will act out the inappropriate or dangerous urges we keep in check while sober